Botany -- Research grants
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Howard S. Irwin records
Collection
Identifier: RG-04-16
Scope and Contents
The Howard S. Irwin Records cover the entire period of his employment at the NYBG. There are also papers from the late 1950’s concerning the NYBG Brazilian expedition specimens, from which he helped to identify while in graduate school as well as a file called parting thoughts written to Board member Thomas Hubbard, which Dr. Irwin wished to have included with this collection. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence. Included herein are also maps, manuscripts, field notebooks,...
Dates:
1944-1980; Majority of material found within 1957-1979
William C. Steere records
Collection
Identifier: RG-03-03
Scope and Contents
The William Campbell Steere Records document Steere's career as Director of NYBG from 1958-1972 as well as the history of the institution during this time period. Series 1, Correspondence, includes subject and individual correspondence. The correspondence documents many of the activities in which NYBG was involved, as well as other projects and organizations that Steere communicated with. This series overlaps with Series 11, Affiliations, and many of the subjects touched on in...
Dates:
1896 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1973